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Ingredients for Church Growth
Out of curiosity, I ran some numbers for the three and a half years that I've been rector at St. John's. Anecdotal evidence aside, I was stunned to see that our Average Sunday Attendance has increased 35%, pledging is up 50%, and we've doubled the size of the staff. That's a lot of growth in a short period of time and, while there are many contributing factors, I do think there are some basic transferable ingredients to church growth.
Of course it all starts with leadership — both lay and ordained. I'm increasingly convinced that, to our mutual detriment, Episcopal Church culture minimizes the importance of strong clergy leadership. No, it's not all about the priest. But show me a growing, vibrant, healthy congregation with poor clergy leadership — it doesn't exist. Granted, strong leadership is all about encouraging, nurturing, and empowering members of the congregation to share the responsibility of leadership. But poor leaders are unwilling or unable to do this; thus stunting the ministry of all the baptized and the potential for growth.
For me, growth comes down to a passion for sharing the Gospel of Christ. We're called to share this Good News with which we've been entrusted not to hoard it. And when we share the Gospel — boldly, radically, creatively — the church can't help but grow!
So if sharing the Gospel is the key to church growth, the next logical question is what does it mean to share the Gospel?
It means looking outward, rather than exclusively inward.
It means reaching out to others — the less fortunate and those in need.
It means communicating in creative ways beyond the four walls of the church building.
It means flinging open the doors to welcome people and being intentional about incorporating them into the life of the parish.
It means thinking entrepreneurially about liturgical alternatives to Sunday morning worship that may look and feel and sound different but still reflect the core values of the community.
It means preaching engaging sermons that connect and relate rather than judge and deny.
It means music that uplifts and inspires.
It means listening for the still, small voice within rather than cowing to the anxiety-ridden, strident voice without.
It means leaving room for questions and mystery rather than providing simplistic answers.
It means joyfully inviting people to partake in the peace of Christ that passes all understanding.
These are hardly prescriptive. But if you're ready to move forward into a new way of being church, I encourage you to reflect upon these. Perhaps with your vestry or parish leadership. You may have others to add to this list and I'd be delighted if you would share them.
Is it "all about the numbers?" Of course not. You can't measure spiritual growth with statistics. But they can be important indicators of congregational health and vitality. And when more people are hearing and responding to the Gospel, we're all living more deeply into our calling as Christians.


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A federal judge is blocking Apple from conducting a shareholder vote on a package of governance proposals, handing a victory to a rebel investor who is trying to persuade the company to share more of its cash with its investors.
A federal judge is blocking Apple from conducting a shareholder vote on a package of governance proposals, handing a victory to a rebel investor who is trying to persuade the company to share more of its cash with its investors.
U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in New York ruled Friday that Apple Inc. was wrong to bundle four amendments to its corporate charter into one proposal for a vote at next Wednesday's annual meeting. Shareholders should get to vote on the amendments separately, he said. Although the ruling was preliminary, before both sides had a chance to fully make their case, Sullivan said Apple was likely to lose. He granted dissident investors a preliminary injunction against Apple pending a full trial.
Apple will comply with Sullivan's order and withdraw the issue from the agenda of next week's meeting, said Steve Dowling, a spokesman for the Cupertino, Calif., company. It had appeared on the shareholder voting list as proposal No. 2.
"We are disappointed with the court's ruling," Dowling said. "Proposal No. 2 is part of our efforts to further enhance corporate governance and serve our shareholders' best interests."
Greenlight Capital, a hedge fund run by Wall Street maverick David Einhorn, sued Apple over the proposal because it would remove the board's ability to issue preferred stock without shareholder authorization. Einhorn wants Apple to issue "iPrefs," preferred shares with a guaranteed dividend, as a way of committing the company to sharing its massive profits with shareholders.
Einhorn has been trying to rally Wall Street to vote against the Apple proposal as a way of showing their displeasure with the company's capital-allocation policies.
Right now, Apple hands only a small amount of its profits to shareholders through dividends and stock buybacks. The rest of the money goes in the bank, where Apple's cash hoard amounted to $137 billion at the end of last year. That amount grows by about $40 billion every year, much of it from selling trend-setting gadgets such as the iPad and the iPhone.
Investors almost universally want Apple to hand out at least some of that cash, but Einhorn hasn't gotten much support for his "iPrefs" idea or his "No on Proposal 2" campaign.
Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company's proposal puts more power in the hands of shareholders, making it difficult to understand why a shareholder would fight it. Calling Greenlight's campaign a waste of time, Cook said Apple wouldn't squander money by mailing letters to shareholders to persuade them to vote for the proposal.
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the country's largest pension fund, had said it would vote for Apple's proposal, because it would have strengthened shareholder rights. Among other measures, it would let shareholders vote against directors.
Apple's stock fell 31 cents to $450.50 in extended trading after the ruling came out.
"This is a significant win for all Apple shareholders and for good corporate governance," Greenlight said in a statement. "We are pleased the court has recognized that Apple's proxy is not compliant with (federal securities) rules because it bundles different matters in Proposal 2. We look forward to Apple's evaluation of our iPref idea and we encourage fellow shareholders to urge Apple to unlock the significant value residing on its balance sheet."
A company with excess cash will usually reward shareholders by raising its dividend or issuing a one-time dividend. It could also buy back more shares. Einhorn believes none of these routes would yield as much shareholder value as the iPrefs, because their 4 percent annual dividend yield would make them attractive to investors that otherwise wouldn't look at Apple shares, such as pension funds and endowments.
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2010 Forecasts: AL East
Having careened through the NL (Rockies beating the Braves in the NLCS, after the Rockies had beaten the Reds, and the Braves the wild-card Giants), we begin three nights' worth of AL divisional previews, in the East:
Wow does
BALTIMORE not have pitching. Surely they could have pitching by 2011, but right now
there is nothing on which to rely beyond Kevin Millwood, and no team relying on
Kevin Millwood has made the post-season since 2002 (and what is the excitement over
a pitcher who has produced exactly three winning seasons since that long-ago
last playoff appearance?). There are also worries offensively. Adam Jones was a
superstar at the All-Star break, but flatlined soon after, and any team relying
on Garrett Atkins clearly has not seen a National League game since 2006.
Here is
the unasked question in BOSTON: would the Red Sox rather have David Ortiz at DH
this year… or Luke Scott? Where, production-wise, will Not-So-Big-Papi fall in
2010? I think he's behind Guerrero, Kubel, Lind, Matsui, Scott, and maybe
others. If the demise of the beast continues, the Red Sox are suddenly
presenting a very pedestrian line-up, one that might be the second weakest in
the division. Of course, Theo Epstein might have made this determination
already, which would explain the willingness to fill the big openings with the
great gloves of Beltre, Cameron, and Scutaro, rather than slightly bigger bats
that couldn't have changed the overall new dynamic – the Red Sox are a pitching
and defense outfit. Mind you, as those outfits go, they're among the best in
recent years. The rotation is deep enough to survive Matsuzaka on the DL, the
bullpen robust enough to survive if that soggy finish by Papelbon in the ALDS
was more than a one-game thing, and the cadre of young cameo pitchers has been
refreshed with the rapid maturation of Casey Kelly. But no matter how the Old
Towne Team fairs in 2010, keep the Ortiz thought in the back of your mind. What
if the second half of '09 was the aberration, not the first half? Will the Sox
have to bench him? And if so, could the twists and turns of fate find them
suddenly grateful that they had been unable to trade Mike Lowell?
Oh is this
a conflict of interest. This will be the 39th season my family has
had season tickets in NEW YORK, and I'm not convinced the Yankees will be
hitting me up for playoff ducats this fall. Things I do not expect to see
repeated from 2009: 1) A.J. Burnett's reliability and perhaps even his stamina;
2) Joe Girardi's ability to survive without a reliable fifth starter (if Phil
Hughes really can pull it off in this, his fourth attempt, he might become the
fourth starter if my instincts on Burnett are correct); 3) Nick Swisher's
offensive performance (his average and his RBI totals have never increased two years in a row); 4)
Derek Jeter's renaissance (as the Baseball Prospectus folks note, 36-year old shortstops
deteriorate quickly); 5) Jorge Posada's prospects of getting 433 plate
appearances (which begs the question: if you were hoping to DH Posada on
occasion, why did you sign as your primary DH, a guy who cannot play the
outfield, and can barely play first base?). As I have written here before, I am
not buying the premise that what in essence was a trade of Melky Cabrera,
Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui, for a full-time Brett Gardner plus Curtis
Granderson and Nick Johnson was necessarily an upgrade – even if Javier Vazquez (9
career post-season innings; 11 career post-season earned runs) was thrown in,
in the bargain. Anybody wanna buy some of my tickets?
In TAMPA
BAY, I'm betting 2009 was the fluke and not 2008. What does one not like about
this team? Is rightfield confused? Stick Ben Zobrist there and let Sean
Rodriguez have a shot at second. That doesn't work? Wait for mid-season and the
promotion of Desmond Jennings. You don't like Crawford and Upton? Bartlett and
Longoria? Pena? The law firm of Shoppach and Navarro? The Rays seem to summon a
fully-grown starter from the minors each year – Price in '08, Niemann in '09,
Wade Davis in '10. I do not think Rafael Soriano is the world's greatest
reliever, but his acquisition is an acknowledgment that championship teams do
not muddle through with closers who pitched in All-Star Games prior to 2001.
What is the most remarkable fact about this extremely talented and balanced
team can be summed up by the caveat I have to offer in praising them. Shortly
after they were ransomed from Vince Naimoli, I discovered to my shock that a
college pal of mine had, for all these years, been married to the man who had just
done the ransoming. A
few innings later, Stu and Lisa Sternberg and I sat in their seats at Yankee
Stadium and he was earnestly asking how I thought he could convince the players
to accept a salary cap so the Rays could contend. I told him I wasn't sure, but
he wouldn't have to worry about it any earlier than our next lifetimes. So what
you are seeing in Tampa is, in fact, Plan "B" – and it may be the greatest Plan
"B" in baseball history.
Did you
know TORONTO is a small market team? Here is something the writers apparently
promised not to tell: the Jays got almost nothing for Roy Halladay. Sorry. When
the reward was Travis D'Arnaud, Kyle Drabek, and Michael Taylor, it was only a
pair of pants being pressed. When the Jays inexplicably swapped Taylor to
Oakland for the lump-like Brett Wallace, it became the full trip to the
cleaners. One of the oldest rules of talent evaluation is: if a prospect has
been traded twice in four months, he may not be quite the prospect you think he
is (one of the older rules is: if one of your starting middle infielders has a
weight clause in his contract, you only have one starting middle infielder). On top of
which, when you consider the Jays paid $6 million in salary offset for the
privilege of giving Doc away, this trade has to be called what it was: a salary
dump in which ownership was admitting it had no interest in competing. Jays
fans are left to cheer three very exciting hitters in Aaron Hill, Adam Lind,
and Travis Snider; to try to get the correct spellings and pronunciations of the
guys in their rotation ("excuse me, are you Brett Cecil, or Cecil Brett?");
and, since there really won't be much else to do under the roof this summer,
buy and read injured reliever Dirk Hayhurst's marvelous book The Bull…
oh, sorry, did I already mention it?
Tampa Bay steps back into the forefront in an exciting race with the
well-managed but decreasingly potent Red Sox, and bests Boston by a game or
two. The Yankees contend – possibly even dominate – into June or July before the
rotation, and/or Posada, and/or Jeter, blow up, and they fade to a distant
third. The Jays and Orioles compete only to be less like The Washington


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Guards posted to protect Banksy work in Williamsburg
A Brooklyn building owner has hired security guards and installed a metal gate to protect a work by the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy.
The New York Post reports that the rolling gate went up Friday over a wall in the Williamsburg neighborhood where Banksy spray-painted two geishas and a bonsai tree.
Cara Tabachnick, whose family owns the building, says the goal is to preserve the artwork "so it can be viewed and enjoyed."
Banksy announced on his website that he would undertake a "residency" on the streets of New York this month.
Most of his works that have gone up have been tagged over by others, and some have been completely erased.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said last week that graffiti ruins property and is "a sign of decay."
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We're playing catch up here as the harvest season comes to a close. This is my favorite time of year, but it is one that works us the hardest. As the weather cools off we find ourselves wanting to move inside. We want to settle down with a cuppa and a warm blanket or cozy up to a nice bowl of hot soup. Unfortunately, all that coziness will have to wait just a few more weeks. Winter is the true sleepy season. Fall is the season of work.
We have most of the harvest put away finally. Sunflowers and corn are hanging to dry, onions and potatoes are stored, canning is finished, summer produce is put up in its various forms. We have garlic to plant this week. I am actually doing a little garden redesign as we are pulling plants when the freezes hit and kills them off one by one. The tomatoes are still, unbelievably, hanging on.
I am hoping to get some of our kohlrabi to over-winter so I can get seed from it next fall. The plants are from seed from Slovakia that was smuggled through the mail to my in-laws. The variety is very large – 8 pounds or more without any woodiness. Our plants are bulbing up nicely, and they might just be one of the few big successes this season, but the seed is hard to come by.
An Independence Days update is in order, I think. I last did one in August.
Plant something – Planted a few hardy mums. Garlic will hit the dirt this week – nothing else is on the docket though.
Harvest something – eggs, tomatoes, peppers, kale, chard, kohlrabi, over 60 gallons (maybe even 80) of compost.
Preserve something – tomatoes and corn frozen, a couple of ducks in the freezer (thanks to Rick!!), the above mentioned canning, drying, dehydrating and such.
Waste Not – compost and recycling, scraps to chickens, etc. Reused old t-shirts for a Halloween costume. Working on other sewing projects from the scrap box – including some napkins and even two quilts! Been mending things, not throwing them out.
Want Not – My friend Annie gave us some cloth diapers, and I used an old flannel baby blanket to make some extra wipes. Got some great hand-me-downs from some friends for the baby girl.
Build Community Food Systems – Participated in both the Denver Botanic Gardens and the Denver Urban Homesteading chicken coop tours. Baby sat for some friends in exchange for a couple of pullets (we got the great end of that deal)!
Eat the Food – yes. 🙂
Although my summer garden was a huge flop this year, I am happy that I put down some bok choy seeds and some late season peas this summer. I might get one more harvest before we put the garden to bed completely. I actually planted some other things too, but the second round of kale, spinach and beets never came up and I didn't get any replacements in the ground in time. I feared for the bok choy after the chicken coop tour – it got somewhat trampled since a few people didn't seem to realize they were standing in my garden on my baby brassicas. But it has survived, and even if it doesn't get huge, I might get some baby heads out of it yet.
Still, I find myself drawn indoors. Completing sewing projects (mostly mending) that I've put off for months. Starting other projects. Getting my craft on. A few moments of inspiration have led to some things getting done in the handiwork department. Halloween is coming and costumes need making.
We had a family dinner last week. I've been spending more time with my sister lately and I am enjoying this time with her. We decorated sugar skulls for the Mexican Day of the Dead. The holiday begins on November 1st, which is Henry's birthday, and we are big Halloween fans around here, so we did our Dia de los Muertos early this year. (More on this later, I promise).
Life these days is transitioning from the mad rush of summer to the slower pace of fall. Rick's big-game hunting will mark the last of the harvest here, and that is coming in the next few weeks. In the mean time, we are quieting down. The canning pot is back in it's spot in the basement. H is focusing more on indoor play and learning. It's funny how we naturally move in these rhythms. From outside in the sun and mud to inside quiet games at the table.


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With bushfires still raging in Victoria, New South Wales has now become a state burdened with a natural disaster. Queensland has been flood-stricken for weeks and now Darwin in the Northern Territory is also expecting flooding.
Some 62% of Queensland is now affected by flooding following weeks of torrential rain, caused by an active monsoonal trough and a cyclone. Some areas are expected to be flooded for weeks.
In New South Wales the north-western town of Bourke has received 2/3 of its annual rainfall in the space of 15 hours on the weekend and has now been declared a natural disaster area, with major flooding in and around the town.
Coastal New South Wales has been inundated since the weekend, with some towns having received their highest amount of rainfall in a five day period for over 35 years. Coffs Harbour has received well over 600 mm in the same period.
Bellingen and Thora are now surrounded by flood waters and a number of rivers up and down the New South Wales coast between Tweed Heads and the Hunter are now in flood or on flood watch, including the Tweed River, the Richmond River, the Wilsons River, the Bellinger River, the Macleay River, the Hastings River, the Manning River, the Orara River, the Nambucca River, the Williams River, the Paterson River, the Hunter River and the Myall River.
Towns affected by flooding include such centres as Bellingen, Wauchope, Port Macquarie and Bulahdelah.
To add to the growing flood threat, another trough and east coast low is developing off the New South Wales Coast and this is also expected to follow the previous system, bringing with it more heavy rain. Heavy rain from this new system is already falling on the north coast.
As these systems move further south toward bushfire ravaged Victoria, they are weakening and the potential for rain is lessening. So far Victoria has received very little rain and bushfires continue to burn.
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On September 11th 2011 I didn't tune in for the network "memorials" to drag my soul through it all over again. It's enough to have lived that day once.
I mourn the losses my friends and neighbors suffered and the harm it has done to my own family.
I am pissed that we've spent so much of our time and a trillion or more dollars so many thousands of miles from our shores chasing human garbage.
I am saddened by the losses our armed forces and their families continue to suffer in the name of National Security, I honor their sacrifices. I can't thank them enough.
I remember when the towers were nearly complete. I watched from my hometown on Raritan Bay as they reached their apex. They were readily apparent on the horizon.
Later on as a young deckhand, I helped deliver the construction materials that would become Battery Park City.
I clearly remember the vista the observation deck afforded me, my wife and my young daughter that evening in October 1984 when it was so clear at dusk you could almost see forever. The city scape looked like a gilded scale model.
I was part of the Statue of Liberty 100th Anniversary Celebration in 1987 and had the duty of towing one of the many firework barges the Grucci Family had set up for an unbelieveable show. I'm spoiled on fireworks forever. I remember how during the show the reports from the shells echoed in and around the towers as we held station at the foot of the South Tower .
I remember where I was when the unimaginable occurred. My "where was I" story isn't worth telling compared to so many others.
I'm still in awe of how the New York Maritime community was able to evacuate more than 500,000 people in about nine hours from lower Manhattan. It's amazing how so many people were taken to safety in such a short time. (During WW2, the Dunkirk Boat lift took nine days to move over 338,000 troops from the coast of France.)
No I didn't need to watch it happen again, I haven't forgotten.


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If I created a venn diagram of my interests, these photographs from Ofra Lapid would be a beautiful fit for the intersection of site depositional processes (ruined houses), dioramas, and photography. While these are more akin to papercraft than true dioramas, I love that they reference digitality–when I create a 3D reconstruction of a structure, I take photos such as these to create skins or textures for the buildings. This is obviously one step further, the creation of a 3D structure that is then printed out and reassembled as a small model.
I'd love to make papercraft models of some of the buildings that I have recreated, but most of the software is PC-only. I could work around it, but it is definitely in the "TO DO…LATER" category.


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Neponset native returning to offer yoga class at gazebo
If you're curious about the health benefits of yoga, but been hesitant to take a class, Neponset is where you might want to be on Thursday, June 20. The event is called "Yoga Around the Gazebo" and will be held at Bertelsen Park in downtown Neponset.
A beginner yoga class for all ages will be presented from 7 to 8 p.m. by Neponset native Carol Golby-Saunders who is offering a free yoga session to all area residents.
Golby-Saunders, who grew up on a farm south of Neponset, has taught yoga in Show Low, Ariz., where she and her husband, Dave, reside, and for the past year has been teaching yoga part-time in The Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. She is a certified Hatha and Yoga of the Heart instructor, is registered with Yoga Alliance, and has been teaching yoga since 1998.
She and Dave will be visiting her father, John Golby, and other relatives in the area, and thought it would be fun to offer the free class in Neponset. Yoga classes were offered in Neponset in 2008 and 2010 by Golby-Saunders.
The class will feature an integrative, gentle and non-competitive style of yoga for men, women and children who will learn stretching, breathing, and relaxation techniques that can be used in the office or at home. Golby-Saunders suggests that interested persons bring a yoga mat, rug, or towel to the class. She also suggests wearing comfortable clothing. For those less mobile, bring yourself and Carol will teach you how to stretch while seated in a chair or while using a chair to help you keep your balance.
According to Golby-Saunders, "Yoga can help to reduce stress, increase energy levels, improve balance, and focus one's attention.". Those who don't plan to participate and are curious may stop by.
The gazebo, built in 2012, was dedicated last August in memory of Carol's mother, Barbara Golby. Carol was not able to get back to Neponset at that time to attend the ceremony, so she thought it would be fitting to offer the yoga event at the gazebo.
"Yoga Around the Gazebo" is sponsored by Neponset Pride. Refreshments will be served after the session. In case of rain, the event will be held at the Neponset Community Building, For more information, call Marty Golby at (309) 945-7750, or Pat Weeks at (309) 594-2544.


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There are some days when you really wish you had a penguin friend. The kind of penguin friend that would follow you around. Everywhere.
An employee at Japan's Matsue Vogel Park has a friend like that. This little penguin follows the employee around in circles, to the delight of the cameraman and employee. What does he get in the end? A little petting, which seems to serve him just fine.
According to their web site, Matsue Vogel Park is one of the largest indoor gardens in the world, and it is located in Matsue-shi, Shimane prefecture. The park has flowers, lots of birds, and four cape penguins.


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Michael Gerson: Standing for the human race
?Out of Mississippi, a milestone in the AIDS pandemic, or at least proof of concept: If you treat an infant early enough -- in this case, within 30 hours of infection -- it is possible to prevent a reservoir of the virus from being established, as well as to avoid serious damage to the immune system.
These are the optimal conditions for an AIDS "cure." They are usually not present in adults. It is often months, even years, before adults know they are infected, by which time the reservoir is already established. This breakthrough is most applicable in the developing world, especially southern Africa, where it is not unusual for infected mothers to arrive at the emergency room without any prenatal care. For babies at the highest risk, aggressive treatment before the confirmation of infection seems to provide a jump on the virus. The caveat: Clinical trials would need to precede broad application.
The news about a blessed child in Mississippi followed shortly after the death of a 96-year-old man, former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who would have been as pleased as anyone.
Koop was a pioneer pediatric surgeon in the 1950s, specializing in the correction of congenital birth defects. It was Koop's humane innovation to provide extraordinary care to the most helpless of patients. And his concern for the newly born led him naturally to sympathy for the preborn.
I was in high school when I first saw Koop, who was delivering a pro-life lecture. A combination of impressive facial hair and thundering moral certainty gave him the aspect of a Hebrew prophet. He was actually a committed evangelical Christian. His appointment by Ronald Reagan as surgeon general occasioned a serious case of the vapors among liberals. Koop was attacked as scary, intolerant and unqualified.
He became the only memorable surgeon general. Koop turned his notoriety into influence, undertaking public health campaigns against smoking, domestic violence and preventable accidents. But his main contribution concerned HIV/AIDS. In the early days of the crisis -- which coincided with the beginning of the Reagan administration -- fear and uncertainty produced various proposals for mandatory testing, tattooing and isolation in camps. Koop was initially ordered by a superior to keep any views on the topic to himself.
But Koop maneuvered to produce the "Surgeon General's Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome," explicitly detailing the modes of HIV transmission, making clear it could not be spread by casual contact, and affirming that "We are fighting a disease, not people." One of the most important public health documents of the last century was approved in a bureaucratic end run, to protect it from those Koop called "political hacks." At a White House Domestic Policy Council meeting, Koop distributed the report on glossy paper to discourage edits and provided a superficial summary. "There was little discussion," Koop recalled. "I knew it had not been absorbed in depth by anyone present."
When the document was eventually absorbed -- with its precise anatomical details and recommendations of condom use and early sex education -- it was the turn of conservatives for the vapors. But Koop further conspired to have a brochure containing similar information distributed to the entire IRS mailing list of 107 million households.
Some of the tributes to Koop have run along the lines that his "personal moral views never clouded his judgment" -- as though he championed public health in spite of his religiously informed morality. This misses his remarkable inner consistency. "My whole career had been dedicated to prolonging lives," he said, "especially the lives of people who were weak and powerless, the disenfranchised who needed an advocate: newborns who needed surgery, handicapped children, unborn children ... and people with AIDS." A passion for human dignity remains ideologically unpredictable.
And Koop understood -- as some of his co-religionists still don't -- that public health is the realm of likely behavior. "Total abstinence for everyone is not realistic," he explained, "and I'm not ready to give up on the human race quite yet." So he spoke for condom use as well as monogamy.
In preventing the spread of AIDS, compassion requires both universal sympathy and realism about human conduct. No one deserves his or her disease. And no one at risk -- sympathetic or marginalized -- is beyond our practical concern, including intravenous drug users, sex workers, men who have sex with men, and children born of infected parents.
This moral affirmation is no longer particularly revolutionary -- in part because Koop refused to give up on the human race.
Michael Gerson's email address is email@example.com.
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Is everyone just giving in to Apple now? Yesterday, we reported that Microsoft is abandoning its internal Courier dual-screen tablet concept. The Courier was to use dual 7" screens and rely on both pen and touch input.
Now HP is killing off its Windows 7-based Slate before it even hits the market according to TechCrunch. If you recall, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a big deal about HP's Slate at this year's CES in Las Vegas. Ballmer actually brought a prototype device out on stage with him during his keynote address to the tech community.
TechCrunch's sources reveal that HP is simply unimpressed with Windows 7 as a platform for a touch-based tablet device. HP is also said to be nixing the idea of using Intel's Atom processors for any future Slate devices due to demanding power requirements.
The latter point is quite poignant as it is one of the negatives that HP pointed out in company slides comparing the Slate to Apple's successful iPad. Apple's iPad is good for 10 to 12 hours of real world use thanks to its lightweight iPhone OS and power sipping A4 processor. HP, on the other hand, lists the Slate's battery life at 5+ hours when running on a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor (Z530). The relatively poor battery life of the Slate comes despite the fact that it packs a 30 Wh battery while the iPad features only a 25 Wh battery.
With Windows 7 and Intel now apparently out of the picture, that leaves Android/webOS and ARM processors for future Slate devices. HP said on Wednesday that it would be "doubling down on webOS" and that it would "scale it across multiple connected devices".
Considering that many have been somewhat unimpressed with Palm's recent hardware -- namely the Pre and Pixi -- but adore webOS, it would be quite interesting to see what HP can do with a tablet based on its newly acquired operating system and speedy ARM hardware.
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The last version of Android to be released, 4.1, code-named "Jelly Bean," was only an incremental bump over the major 4.0 release ("Ice Cream Sandwich"). But that little bump made a big difference. Android became more or less fully realized with Ice Cream Sandwich, but Jelly Bean brought a level of polish and maturity that the platform previously lacked.
The biggest improvement for the end-user experience was "Project Butter," the name given to a group of adjustments vastly upgrading Android's responsiveness to touch input. These included adding triple buffered graphics rendering and maximizing the CPU's clock speed briefly whenever the screen is touched (there were also a few other underlying architectural improvements). Taken together, the tweaks made overall performance much more consistent in Jelly Bean. Before, Android's interface was capable of smoothness on sufficiently fast hardware (see our Optimus G review for evidence of that), but Jelly Bean brought smoothness even to older hardware like the Motorola Xoom and first-generation Kindle Fire. Using Android finally felt as good as using iOS or Windows Phone.
Now, only four months after Android 4.1 was released into the wild, the mobile operating system is getting another incremental bump. Android 4.2 carries the same "Jelly Bean" code-name as 4.1. It doesn't bring any drastic changes to the operating system and, given its quick turnaround, no one really expected it to. However, it introduces enough new features to keep Android a healthy contender in the vicious smartphone and tablet markets.
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On tablets, Android 4.2's biggest innovation is multiuser support. These devices are often shared between family members, but a way to keep everyone's chocolate out of everyone else's peanut butter has been generally lacking among tablets since the iPad popularized the form factor 2010. With Android 4.2, different users will be able to configure their own home screens (along with backgrounds, apps, and widgets) and application settings. Finally, there's a way to allow children to play games on the tablet without accidentally erasing all of your work e-mail.
The feature will only be coming to tablets at this point, however—speculation on exactly why has ranged from the innocuous (tablets are more likely to be shared than smartphones) to the litigious (Nokia has its name on a patent that may prevent the feature's implementation on phones). Google informs us the feature will also be coming to 7-inch tablets, so the Nexus 7 should gain multiuser support as soon as its 4.2 update drops.
Currently, we have as many questions as you do about how Android's implementation works: what are its storage requirements? What are its memory usage requirements? Can apps be shared between accounts? Are usernames and passwords set locally, or can you sign in with Google accounts as in Chrome OS? What security measures prevent one user from getting notifications and other data intended for another user? Unfortunately, we don't have any answers at the moment, because the Android 4.2 build that enables multiuser support won't be delivered to Nexus 10 tablets before they begin shipping on November 13. At that point, we'll install the update and publish a follow-up report.
Pull-down notification panels have almost always been a part of the Android package. Apple even took a page from Google's playbook by introducing pull-down notifications in its iOS 5 update. Notifications are the gateway to the Android brain, enabling users to keep an eye on what their handset is doing. They have proven to be an unobtrusive way of delivering essential information.
In Android 4.1, Google enhanced notifications panels by making more of them expandable and enabling users to work within them without having to click too many times. Users are no longer just checking to see that someone tweeted them. Instead, they can see exactly what was tweeted, and then reply by launching the Twitter application from the pull-down shade. Notifications aren't deleted unless they're swiped away or dealt with, so you don't have to worry about missing something.
Now in 4.2, Google has followed OEMs like Samsung and LG by including a Quick Settings menu. As the snappy name indicates, Quick Settings allows users instant access to the most frequently changed settings—brightness, connecting to Wi-Fi, checking data usage, displaying battery life, toggling Airplane mode or Bluetooth, and initiating the wireless display. (That last one is part of Android 4.2's Miracast feature, which you can read more about on page three.)
Google previously hid these settings behind another screen, requiring users to tap twice before they can get to it from the Notifications shade. The ability to adjust the screen brightness in a pinch will save a lot of eyes from blinding white screens, though we prefer the way manufacturers like Samsung and LG have kept settings part of the pull-down menu. Google still including the power control widget for users to affix to their Home screens if the double-tap or double-finger swipe is one too many actions.
Both the Notifications and Quick Settings panels are now also accessible from the lock screen of a phone or tablet without an unlock PIN or password. For security reasons, this is disabled on devices with passcodes however. It's a nice touch if you're not locking your screen, though you obviously run a huge risk of data theft when you use a phone or tablet without a password. We recommend that you ignore this feature entirely in favor of securing your data.
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Android 4.2, at least on the Nexus 10, formally retires the Android tablet UI originally introduced in Honeycomb (Android 3.0). This interface survived with few functional tweaks all the way up until Android 4.1, as we saw when we installed the first Jelly Bean update to a Motorola Xoom tablet.
This interface shared many features in common with the phone and 7-inch tablet UI on other Android devices, but it moved things around a bit. The navigation buttons were still stored at the bottom of the screen, but in the lower-left corner rather than in the center. Notifications were accessed by swiping up from the lower-right corner of the screen rather than down from the top. The application switcher appeared on the left side of the screen rather than taking up the whole thing. There were a few other changes, but these were the biggest—the end result was something with the same features as an Android phone, but requiring different actions to access common features.
The Nexus 7 made the jump to a more phone-like user interface, and the Nexus 10 follows suit. The new user interface makes some tweaks however, since widescreen tablets will most often be used in landscape mode. But the basics work just as they do on the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7: navigation buttons centered in the middle of the screen, a persistent row of applications just above that, and notifications at the top of the screen. There are still some differences between the 7-inch and 10-inch tablet interfaces, all of which are easier to show than to tell.
The notification center also acts slightly different on a 10-inch tablet than on a phone—the standard notification center is accessed by swiping down from the top on the left half of the screen, while the new quick settings menu is accessed by swiping down from the right half. On the Nexus 4 (and other Android phones, when and if they receive an Android 4.2 update), the quick settings menu is accessed via a button in the normal notification center or by swiping down from the top of the screen with two fingers.
The experience of actually using a 10-inch Android tablet doesn't change tremendously with the new UI. The persistent row of applications across the bottom of the screen slightly reduces the amount of vertical space available for widgets. This may be a worthwhile sacrifice to make—otherwise, applications look and run just as they did before.
Some may argue that the new UI isn't the best use of a 10-inch tablet's real estate, but this strikes us as a concession to usability and consistency on Android's part. The old 10-inch UI took familiar elements from the phone UI and put them in unfamiliar places. With the new UI, anyone who picks up and uses a Nexus 7 or a Nexus 4 will automatically be able to pick up and play with a Nexus 10 without needing a re-learn anything. This is a small but important step in selling Android users on the larger tablet. After all, an iPad looks and operates mostly like a blown-up version of the iPhone and iPod touch. In the long run, this certainly helped keep Apple consumers comfortable as they move between devices.
But the biggest question: will an Android 4.2 update to existing 10-inch tablets change the user interface to the new phone-style or allow partners to continue using the old UI to prevent user frustration? Having something you use every day suddenly change can be jarring. But even if it's no longer officially supported by Google, it's a fair bet third-party launchers will be able to re-enable it if you really prefer.


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Wait. Back up. Why didn't anyone warn me about this movie?
You know, the whole Ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind and a freakin cute-as-heck blue mutant pet learns to love one?
Yeah. Talk about a bawl-fest at my crib last night.
My friend and I had a Disney movie marathon last night. A pack of tissues may have been lethally wounded over the course of the evening. The event might have involved the unleashing of an entire army of Disney stuffed animals.
Maybe. I'm not fessing up to anything except that we made these adorable Mickey Mouse pumpkin pancakes to celebrate:
We also might have had delicious food that my friend made for us. Again, whether or not I own something as embarrassing as stuffed Disney paraphernalia, I'll let you decide.
As you can tell, I plead the fifth on that count. No self-incrimination here.
There may have been a tad more guilt involved in the making of this amazing amalgamation, which was entirely in keeping with the theme of Stitch's rather mutant, unknown history. And really, what better way to celebrate a fictional account of an alien apocalypse in Hawaii than to make a fun, tropics-themed dessert?
If you didn't already know, this stuffed cookie was inspired by the challenge Julie is hosting over at Willow Bird Baking. As you're no doubt aware, she's a fantastic gal and it's always a pleasure creating things she'll happily share!
The only problem with rewatching Disney films that you haven't seen since you were about yay high (imagine me Lilo-sized–not that I've really grown since the fifth grade) is that you pick up on so much more that you never noticed the first time.
Crying during the ohana scenes. Check.
Understanding the total MAIN STORY about Lilo getting taken away from her big sister. Did not see that the first time at all. Check.
Wanting my own personal cuddle buddy Stitch. Uh, yeah. Definitely check. And bonus points for making it happen, too.
Did you hear that?
Wait! Shh. Listen…
"Me name Stitch. Make yummy pina colookies. Mmmm."
Yeah, I'm going to make one sad, batty old lady when I grow up. I'm going to go hug my Stitch now. In the meantime, though, why not listen to the anthropomorphized blue blob and try making a batch of these pina colookies (pineapple cheesecake-filled white chocolate coconut cookies)?
Pina Colookies
Yield: 10 large filled cookies Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon hot water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- For the filling:
- 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 tablespoon pineapple juice (adjust to reach desired consistency)
- A few drops lemon juice
- Cream together butter and sugars. Beat in egg. Mix in vanilla extract.
- Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to mixture, along with salt. Add flour and stir until just combined. Fold in white chocolate chips and coconut. Place in freezer for 20-30 minutes, until dough is relatively stiff and easy to handle.
- To make filling: Combine all filling ingredients in a medium bowl.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place a small ball of chilled dough onto greased cookie sheet and press down gently with your thumb in the middle so that you create a small indentation. Fill with a small teaspoon-ful of filling. Place another ball of dough of equal size on top and wrap around filling, sealing sides of dough so the filling doesn't leak when baking. Continue shaping cookies until all dough and filling is used.
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"Brave" and "Strong" – a Catch-22
In reading some criticism about Brave, I've seen a fair amount of frustration directed at the fact that to be "strong," a female protagonist must excel at things that a man would do well. The question then becomes: What does it take to come up with a strong woman in the first place?
I'm going into spoiler territory now so read no further if you would prefer to avoid hearing about the film!
I think we need to look at three "strong" female characters from the Summer blockbuster season: Katniss from The Hunger Games, Black Widow from The Avengers and Merida from Brave. Are they strong only because they excel at things that are traditionally considered "male" skills?
And equally compelling question, that I'll get to later, is what could make them strong if they didn't excel at those things?
In other words, is creating a strong female role model nearly impossible because she is either too girly or too manly? How do you balance the two? What is the perfect female protagonist? Can such a character exist?
As a man, I feel my perceptions on the issue are suspect from the outset. When I look at Merida firing a bow in Brave, I don't see her as engaging in a manly pursuit. I see her as a young woman who does something exceptionally well and loves to do it.
However, the film clearly sets up a dichotomy between the "manly" acts of riding her horse, firing arrows and rock climbing and the "womanly" tasks her mother expects her to carry out.
I think the story bears out a more balanced approach to a female protagonist but I'm going to take a look at Black Widow and Katniss before I look at why I think Merida provides a balanced protagonist. She may not be perfect but I don't think the film is trying to make a strong woman by giving her the same traits as a man.
Katniss and Merida are both given the "male" ability to fire a bow. In Katniss' case, however, I can't argue that it ever feels as if she is an accomplished archer as an attempt to be more "manly." In fact, she is good with a bow in order to keep her family from starving to death.
In the film, I feel that Katniss lacks strength because she doesn't appear to make any choices for herself. She always ends up being saved by someone else. Her compassion for others – which is a stereotypically female trait – seems to be what makes her "strong."
Black Widow, on the other hand, is a kick ass martial artist who is also pretty good at tricking gods into revealing their plans. She seems capable of using her feminine "assets" to manipulate the males around her. She's strong in a more traditionally "male" fashion but she also uses the fact she looks like Scarlett Johansson to her advantage.
So are they strong women? Or are they both just male roles cast as women because whoever wrote the story wanted a woman in that role?
No matter the answer to that question, Merida is not a woman cast in a male role. If we looked at the story of Brave and asked if the same story could be told with a male in the lead role, the answer is a convincing "no."
Because, you see, the story is not about how good Merida is with a bow. In fact, her skills as an archer prove to be nearly useless when it comes to the central conflict – the conflict between Merida and her mother.
I admit I lack any sort of personal reference but from everything I've been led to understand, a mother-daughter relationship is much more complicated than any other parent-child relationship. I'm a guy and I have two boys so I could be completely wrong. I'm going on heresay from friends woh are women.
I'm afraid that admission alone means this blog will never hold up in court.
In the case of Brave, though, this (theoretical) complicated relationship is certainly the problem and I think it is set up quite well. The opening scene shows a healthy/happy relationship between Merida and her mother. We flash forward and that relationship is broken.
Everything that proceeds from that point involves that relationship – even if we don't really understand it up front.
Another point that is surprisingly absent from much I've read about Brave is the question of who is in control of the court.
If we are looking for a strong female character in the film, shouldn't we at least be taking the Queen into consideration? We see that Merida's father clearly looks to his wife for guidance and we also see that the other lords look to her for any important decision. When the queen is absent, things have begun to devolve because she is the one who kept their respective egos in check.
Merida herself can't see this and fails to recognize that what her mother is preparing her to do is to run the freaking country.
Again, what constitutes strength? Is Merida a bad role model for young women because she knows how to use a bow or is she a good role model because she is learning how to become a leader?
I think that Merida's archery is used as a defining characteristic of her rebellion. It is something that her father encourage and because she is rebelling against her mother, it becomes an important point of contention.
I'm still left wondering if the whole problem isn't a catch-22. Making a woman "strong" in a way that is "womanly" is viewed as stereotyping and sexist. Making a woman "strong" in a way that is "manly" is viewed as stereotyping and sexist.
The trick, of course, is to make whatever choice you make believable. Merida seems a lot like a headstrong teenager. She is bright, capable and skilled but she is also blind. Her mother is the same way.
The film is not about how "strong" either one of them are. It is about the two of them bridging the gap between them and finding strength in each other.
Writing a story with a strong female lead has got to be the hardest of all stories to contemplate due to the baggage that comes with it. I think that demanding strong role models for young women is extremely important.
For what it's worth, if I had a daughter who admired Merida, I'd be OK with it.
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This is not possible in moodle 1.9 without modifying the code, hiding total course grade hides individual grades too. Here is a workaround :
- In gradebook, turn on editing and go to each student total (can be tedious if having a large number of students enrolled in the course)
- Hide each student total
First screenshot is a student view before hiding, last one is after. Voilà :)
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You could see Europe the same as everyone else, or you could live it like you mean it. With magnificent Dubrovnik as a launching pad, you'll head south through Montenegro and undiscovered Albania, hit Corfu and its fabulous beaches en route to a history fi (...)Price: $1,099...more
From cultural Zagreb to ancient Athens and historic walled Balkan towns to the dance floors of exclusive nightclubs, this 15-day adventure promises a Europe you didn't know was there. You'll hit the Adriatic's famous sites and hidden gems in the company of (...)Price: $1,899...more
Take the party to new heights in the rarefied air of the Andes. With other young travellers not afraid to try new things, you'll journey from the enigmatic Nazca Lines to the lost city of Machu Picchu and onward to incredible La Paz. You'll commune with th (...)Price: $2,499...more
San Josй
Take the road less travelled through Central America with other travellers your own age – so you can be sure to get down with other adventurers that'll keep up. This is one of our most exciting trips, filled with breathtaking scenery – from tropical rainfo (...)Price: $1,649...more
Slurp down rice noodles under the streetlights of Bangkok and wander the paddies and temples of Java – this epic adventure covers the best of Southeast Asia. Party in chaotic Bangkok, bliss out on stunning beaches, and gaze out across the sea of sand" fro (...)"Price: $2,849...more
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Stay flexible in Costa Rica on this unique two-week adventure. You'll hit the volcanoes, a cloud forest, and both of the incredible coasts. Chill out on white-sand beaches and explore pristine wildlife reserves. Best of all, this trip gives you the flexibi (...)Price: $1,149...more
China is a country full of highlights and hidden treasures, and if you visit it with us, you'll be sure to get a top mix of both. Over two weeks, you'll venture from Beijing to Hong Kong, taking in China's contrasts between ancient and modern as you explor (...)Price: $1,699...more
China can be intimidating, what with its Great Wall, Forbidden City, and army of Terracotta Warriors. This eight-day trip will wipe away any worries – you'll have an expert CEO leading the way and you'll hit the highlights in the company of other young tra (...)Price: $699...more
Ah, a relaxing week's vacation in Old Europa. What could be finer? Don't ask anyone who's taken this trip! Our seven-day odyssey across four countries is a blur of beauty, culture, and adventure from start to finish, with loads of optional activities to pi (...)Price: $1,249...more
San Josй
From ancient ruins to active volcanoes, get off the beaten track and discover extraordinary Central America – on a shoestring. Make sure your passport has space because this exciting 33-day trip hits most of Central America, as it covers tropical rainfores (...)Price: $3,099...more
Compared with their enormous neighbour to the left, the islands of New Zealand don't look especially big on the map, but don't let their small stature deceive you. There is much to do here, be it biking to old gold mining sites, kayaking remote coves or hi (...)Price: $2,949...more
New York City
From hip hop to country fiddles, Yankee accents to a western drawl, businessmen in power suits and ranchers in cowboy hats – the US is one heck of a country. And if you've got the time, this – our ultimate American tour – is the best way to explore the ico (...)Price: $5,899...more
San Francisco
Is it possible to capture the complex, diverse flavour of a country and its 300-million-strong people in a single trip? Short answer: Yup. This epic sojourn across America from sea to shining sea (and back again) is, quite possibly, the most ambitious road (...)Price: $5,899...more
New York City
This whirlwind two-week camping trip throughout the United States covers nearly every major cultural touchstone of this massive (and hugely exciting) destination. Experience the lights of NYC's Times Square, discover the Elvis fan in you at Graceland, mose (...)Price: $2,499...more
Los Angeles
Skyscrapers, sequoias, and impossibly big skies await you in America's West. This 15-day tour through the urban and natural wonders of California, Arizona, and Nevada is perfect for travellers who want to inject a little downtown energy into their out-of-t (...)Price: $2,549...more
This trip offers a fully immersive, unyieldingly African experience in a compact eight-day package. Soak up the wildlife and vibrant colours and scenery of Zambia, Botswana, and South Africa, with game walks and plenty of options for game drives. Camp unde (...)Price: $1,099...more
Buenos Aires
Experience the treasures of Argentina and Brazil in this jam-packed trip. From tango in Buenos Aires to sun and surf in Rio, explore two of the continent's most vibrant capitals. Marvel at the majesty of Iguassu Falls and let its power engulf you. Our CEOs (...)Price: $1,799...more
Ever wanted to see both sides of Europe in one fell swoop? This combo trip is hearing your wishes and boldly answering the call. Start in the storied dual city of Budapest before heading northwest. Tons of free time means you'll be swooned by the old world (...)Price: $2,399...more
This compact adventure offers maximum Egypt at minimum cost. Stare in amazement at the pyramids and float down the Nile on a felucca. Embrace the culture and meet remarkable people as you dine on traditional fare with a local family in a Nubian village. Yo (...)Price: $599...more
Buenos Aires
Breathe in the mountain air of La Paz and dance in the tango milongas of Buenos Aires on a two-week adventure. Connecting the Atlantic to the Andes, you'll journey across the surreal landscapes of the Atacama Desert and the Uyuni Salt Flats. Feel like a so (...)Price: $9...more
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Governor to call daily special sessions until budget adopted
Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Friday he will haul lawmakers back to Springfield after the Fourth of July, and keep them in the capital city seven days a week thereafter until a budget is passed.
Blagojevich said he, too, would be in Springfield each day working on the budget. However, he dodged questions about whether he would continue his practice of flying back to Chicago nightly on a state airplane when budget discussions are concluded.
In announcing his plans to call daily special sessions starting Thursday, Blagojevich further alienated some of the legislative leaders, who thought they had an agreement with the governor to give the General Assembly next week off.
Blagojevich sprang his decision on the leaders during a meeting in his office Friday, shortly after the Senate approved a temporary budget that will keep the state operating through July.
"I informed all the leaders that I was going to call the General Assembly into special session so that the members are here...without fail every day, seven days a week until we pass a budget that helps people," Blagojevich said.
"There was an agreement on scheduling. He rescinded that agreement," said House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago. "I've just come to expect stuff like this."
House Minority Leader Tom Cross, R-Oswego, called the episode "theater of the absurd."
"It's a huge cost to taxpayers," Cross said.
Senate Republicans said the special sessions will cost taxpayers at least $42,000 a day, including airplane flights for the governor and $125 in daily expense money for each lawmaker.
Lawmakers gave up their per diems after May 31, but the special session call means they will start collecting them again.
Senate Minority Leader Frank Watson, R-Greenville, called the special session a "teacher a day" session because of its $40,000 cost.
"That's about what the salary of a teacher in my area would be, and that's a teacher a day," Watson said.
Blagojevich said any lawmaker concerned about saving money for the state can decline the expense allowance.
Blagojevich and the four leaders are far apart on a new budget. The governor and Senate President Emil Jones, D-Chicago, favor large spending increases for education and health care, financed with expanded gambling and increased business taxes. Madigan, Watson and Cross want to limit budget increases, relying mainly on increased tax collections from economic expansion.
"We are still $3 billion apart," Madigan said Friday. "He has no new ideas on revenue generation. It's the same old stuff."
Blagojevich, though, said he will have "a whole series of all kinds of proposals to announce in the days and weeks ahead." The governor also said he wants to bring more rank-and-file members into budget discussions – and maybe even the news media – as a way to push along negotiations.
"It would be helpful to have you guys come in," Blagojevich told reporters.
Blagojevich said he will sign into law the temporary budget approved Friday. But he said the state cannot continue to pass monthly budgets.
"A continuing string of one-month budgets is nothing more than a Republican budget in disguise," Blagojevich said.
The Senate approved the one-month budget Friday on a 45-7 vote. The House passed it earlier this week.
"It should be called the Political Cover for Obstinate Leaders Act," said Sen. Matt Murphy, R-Palatine. "It provides cover for people who need to check their egos at the door."
Area lawmakers had mixed reactions to the special sessions.
"These special sessions, if there's negotiations in earnest, are fine," said Rep. Frank Mautino, D-Spring Valley. "If it is going to be more of the same, then it would be (a waste of money)."
"I think the governor ought to grow up," said Sen. Dale Risinger, R-Peoria. "I don't mind being around, but I want work to be done. If he's just trying to jerk us around, then this is going to be war."
Rep. Raymond Poe, R-Springfield, will attend the special session, even though he was going to visit his daughter and grandchildren in Texas next week.
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Brauer planned to go to a St. Louis Cardinals ballgame next week.
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